Please Note: This guide is out of date, you’ll want to follow the Latest Guide only to ensure that your device continues to function correctly.
Many of our newer visitors were starting to get confused as to how to proceed in getting XBMC to work on their second generation Apple TV 2 devices. We’ve come to your rescue of course, and have now rewritten our previous guides and compiled them into one easy to follow instruction manual. Continue reading and you’ll be watching XBMC on your Jailbroken Apple TV 2 within the hour! It might seem a bit complicated by looks, but it’s actually easy as waking up in the morning.
IMPORTANT: This guide has grown old and outdated, please follow the Updated Guide instead.
COMPLETE GUIDE TO INSTALLING XBMC ON THE APPLE TV 2, FROM BEGINNING TO END
Requirements
- Apple TV 2 Device
- Micro USB Cable (or BlackBerry Data Cable)
- Latest Version of iTunes Installed
PART 1 – THE JAILBREAK
Step 1: Download (Mac / Windows) and Launch “Seas0nPass” software application on your computer.
Step 2: Choose the “Create IPSW” button located on the left, then wait a few minutes.
Step 3: Once prompted, plug the Apple TV 2 via Micro USB cable, without electrical cable, then point your remote at the device and hold down both the “MENU” and “PLAY/PAUSE” buttons at the same time for 12 seconds, then release.
NOTE: Should the light on the front of the Apple TV not start blinking, you’ll have to plug in the electrical power supply for five seconds, then unplug and retry the step above.
Step 4: It will now say “Found Device in DFU Mode” and then automatically launch iTunes. Don’t touch anything at this point, just wait a few minutes until it completes the entire reflashing process.
Step 5: Once iTunes informs you that “Your Apple TV has been restored to factory settings” you can go ahead and unplug it from the Micro USB cable and quit iTunes.
NOTE: If you’re having issues restoring in iTunes, first make sure you’re running the latest version of iTunes and if that still doesn’t work, install TinyUmbrella before restarting from the beginning.
Step 6: Plug the Apple TV into your television with the HDMI and power source connected. Turn your television on at this point and make sure the right “Input” is connected for the HDMI input you’re using.
Step 7: Choose your desired language. We’re going to go with “English” for obvious reasons.
Step 8: Select your wireless internet connection then enter your internet security key. Wired ethernet users can skip this step.
Step 9: When prompted to share information with Apple, choose the “No Thanks” option.
Step 10: Verify that the “Settings” icon is coloured Red and displays the “FC” logo on it. Should it be grey, you’ll need to start over from the beginning of this guide.
Step 11: Click on the “Settings” icon, then go to the “Audio & Video” tab, then click on “Audio Output” once until it changes to the “16 bit” setting.
Step 12: Press the “MENU” button on your remote to go back one level and click on the “General” settings tab, then scroll down to “Time Zone” and click twice to toggle “Set Automatically” to be enabled.
Step 13: Press the “MENU” button on your remote once, then scroll up to the “About” tab.
PART 2 – INSTALL XBMC
Step 14: Download (Mac / Windows) and Launch the “nito Installer” software application on your computer. Make sure that both your computer and Apple TV are on the same internet network before continuing.
Step 15: Choose your desired Apple TV device by clicking the “Choose Apple TV” drop down list at the top of the application window.
Step 16: Verify that the IP Address displayed on the lower left of the application window matches the one listed on the “About” tab of your Apple TV on your television.
Step 17: Click on the “Install XBMC” button on the right side and wait a few minutes until a green checkmark is displayed and your Apple TV automatically reboots.
Step 18: Once rebooted, launch XBMC for the first time, ignore any on screen error prompts, just leave it as it is for now.
PART 3 – CONFIGURE XBMC
Step 19: Download (Mac / Windows) and Launch the “XBMCHUB Wizard” software application on your computer.
Step 20: Click on the “Choose Apple TV” drop down box on the left side of the window, and select your Apple TV from the list.
Step 21: Click on the “Configure AppleTV 2″ button from the drop down list then wait a few minutes for the process to complete.
Step 22: Once you see a green checkmark displayed and your Apple TV has automatically rebooted itself it means that you’re done and done.
Step 23: Relaunch “XBMC” for the first time and wait a minute or two for on screen updates to process before you begin usage.
Congratulations! You now have the most feature filled, custom XBMC setup in the game. You’ll now be the envy of all of your friends, most of whom will probably copy what you’ve done as soon as they get home from seeing it in action at your house. For additional Apple TV specific information, be sure to visit our friends at Jailbreak Apple TV anytime.
This helped me fix a problem restoring my ATV2 and then re-installing XMC finally!
Feeling pretty accomplished right now!
Thanks so much!
Help! My NitoTv installer and my XBMC wizard configuration hub application are both frozen in the “Choose Apple TV” position, and won’t budge or even detect new Apple TVS. I have deleted and reinstalled both of the applications and their installers to no avail… I have even deleted their “saved state” fiolders from the “Saved State” folders on my mac, but when I reboot the newly installed versions, they both go back to the frozen state and can’t auto detect any new apple tvs.
It all started when I mistakenly clicked “install Nito on Apple TV 2″ before verifying that the ip address indicated on bottom left hand corner on the Nito installer matched the address of the new target Apple TV 2 upon which I was attempting to install NItoTV. Actually, there was no match because the Nito application opened with the IP address of the Previous Apple TV I had configured. I just forgot to go through the “choose Apple TV” cycle in order to get the new Target Apple TV selected. That is when the Nito installer went into the “Freeze-like” state. The installer now opens and closes upon command, but it does not respond to the “choose Apple TV” command, and won’t detect any new apple tvs on the network. Infact all the commands on the application are sort of “greyed” out and unresponsive to any clicking. The surprising part is that the XBMC configuration wizard on my mac also seems to have gone into the same state, and won’t detect or select any new Apple TVs even though the accidental click happened on the NitoTv installer at a moment when the Configuration wizard wasn’t even open. These states sound like something that could be undone with a little know-how and, maybe, a couple of clicks, but I’m at my wit’s end trying without succeeding and need help to find solutions. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Hello,
I can use this XBMC wizard on my Apple Tv 1st Generation?or is there xbmchub wizard for atv1?
All I can say is WOW! Amazing Had Jailbroken my aTV2 about a year ago, but did not have all of the AddOns and Repositories. Still getting some Script Errors, though. Will have a look at the Forums and Troubleshooting guides, but feel free to suggest here. BIG should out to the folks at XBMCHub.com!
Hello Can i still re-install my ATV2 ?
I mean the lasest firmware is that compatible with the current seasonpass jailbreak?
I have my ATV2 installed but ssh is broken.. so i can’t access it anymore.
I just did this to my ATV2 and my hub for XBMC is not showing up correctly. Its all a blue background with circles everywhere. I have tried uninstalling and re installing but still no luck…any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
NOT HAPPY!!!!!!!!! All I did was install XBMCHUB Wizard on my PC, and selected my ATV2. It has wiped my own configuration – everything!!!!!!!! Put a warning on your poxy software that this will happen. I now have hours of work reconfiguring my XBMC setup. Thanks a million!
It will teach me not to backup but a warning would have helped.
Hello all,
I’ve successfully reached the 9th step, but after,
there’s no FC logo on the main screen
and the XMBC installer says the AppleTV is not jailbroken…
What should be the solution?
Thx,
D
Will you guys be releasing an XBMC Hub Wizard for Android? It would really be helpful when setting up my XBMC on PIVOS’ XIOS DS device.
Thanks so much!
Dan
Someone please help! I’ve done everything correctly up until step 17, but then xbmc doesn’t show up on my apple tv. It’s not there. I’ve done everything it says. I have an apple tv 2, what going wrong?
Same issue, I’ve tried just about everything: apt-get remove, apt-get update, wget, rejailbreak. Nothing works, I’ve read that it could be a Cydia issue seeing as they’re still dealing with the 6.1.1 overstack. So, it could resolve itself in a couple days; if not it’s back on down to 4.4.4.
So the problem I’m having is when I try to install or push XBMCHub to my Apple TV2 it asks me for a password. I’ve never put a password onto any of my systems, so how do I fix this?
I have jail broke my apple but when I try to install XBMC from nito screen complete with green check mark and it reboots itself the XBMC icon does not appear on menu,tried twice, any ideas?
since my last posts I have re installed everything,still have same outcome.Can anyone help?!
have you had any luck with this issue as i have the sane.
Hi,
I am having the same problem have been able to resolve this.
Cheers